France Returns Prehistoric Artifacts to Ethiopia in Diplomatic ‘Handover’
A French government official recently said the return of three artifacts to Ethiopia was a diplomatic handover rather than a restitution. On November 30, France’s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot...
View ArticleKoyo Kouoh Named Curator of 2026 Venice Biennale
Koyo Kouoh, one of Africa’s most high-profile curators, has been picked to organize the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale’s, the world’s biggest recurring art exhibition. She will now become the...
View ArticleArt World Excited About Art Basel Miami Beach, Notre Dame Reopens After...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A BRIDGE-T TOO FAR? CRAWLING TO THE FINN-ISH LINE? PERHAPS NOT…A weary art world...
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Advisers Take the Art Market’s Temperature ahead of Art Basel Miami Beach
It’s that time of year again—and somehow it seems like it came even quicker than usual. I’m talking, of course, about Art Basel Miami Beach, the art world’s last major selling event of the year....
View ArticlePhotofairs Organizer Cancels Debut Hong Kong Edition Over ‘Logistical...
Creo, the London-based organizer behind the ten-year-old Photofairs contemporary art events, has canceled its planned Hong Kong edition scheduled to take place in March 2025, citing logistical issues....
View ArticleIndia Art Fair Cancels First Mumbai Iteration Just Months After Announcement
The organizers of the India Art Fair, an annual event held in New Delhi since 2008, have announced that its first Mumbai iteration, planned to launch in 2025, has been cancelled. Dubbed India Art Fair...
View ArticleTrump Picks Businessman and Art Collector John Phelan For Head of Navy...
President-elect Donald Trump recently announced that businessman and Top 200 collector John Phelan will lead the US Navy, despite no prior military experience. Phelan is the founder and chairman of...
View ArticleSwiss Auction House Becomes First to Sell Artwork Authenticated Solely by AI
Last week, in an unprecedented move, a Swiss auction house sold an artwork solely authenticated by artificial intelligence (AI).Germann Auction House in Zürich partnered up with Switzerland-based AI...
View ArticleJasleen Kaur’s Vintage Car Draped in a Doily Wins This Year’s Turner Prize
Jasleen Kaur has won the 2024 Turner Prize for her work reflecting her childhood in Glasgow, including a Ford Escort Cabriolet Mk3 draped in a massive doily titled Sociomobile. At 38 years old, Kaur...
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Diriyah Art Futures Announces First-Ever Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency for...
Diriyah Art Futures (DAF), the first hub dedicated to new media art and digital art in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced the details for its inaugural Mazra’ah Media Arts Residency, an...
View Article5 Can’t-Miss Booths at Miami Beach’s Untitled Art Fair
Untitled is hardly the only art fair that takes place in Miami Beach this week, but it is certainly, well, the beachiest. The fair is set on a tent located on the sand itself, and from its aisles, you...
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ARTnews Awards 2024 Established Artist of the Year: Delcy Morelos
Delcy Morelos, for “Delcy Morelos: El abrazo” at the Dia Art Foundation, New York October 5, 2023–July 20, 2024 With her large-scale sculptures composed primarily of earth, Delcy Morelos has filled...
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ARTnews Awards 2024 Lifetime Achievement: María Magdalena Campos-Pons
María Magdalena Campos-Pons, for “Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold” at the Brooklyn Museum September 15, 2023–January 14, 2024Additional venues: Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee; Nasher...
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ARTnews Awards 2024 Best Thematic Museum Show: “Scratching at the Moon”
“Scratching at the Moon” at Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Curators: Anna Sew Hoy and Anne EllegoodFebruary 10–July 28, 2024 Related Articles ARTnews Announces ARTnews Awards Asian...
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ARTnews Awards 2024 Best Gallery Group Show: “At the Edge of the Sun”
“At the Edge of the Sun” at Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles February 24–June 1, 2024 Related Articles ARTnews Announces ARTnews Awards The Biggest Gallery Shows to See in LA during Frieze Week Nearly half...
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ARTnews Awards 2024: About the Jury
The ARTnews Awards, a new editorial project honoring excellence in art achievements at US arts institutions, has just revealed the inaugural winners for its 2024 edition. To help select the winners,...
View ArticleArchaeologists Discovered More than 1,000 Artifacts Beneath Notre Dame Cathedral
After a blaze nearly destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, archaeologists had a rare opportunity to dig underneath the building’s structure during its five-year renovation and reconstruction, and...
View Article40 Museum Shows and Biennials to See This Winter
Multihyphenates rule this winter, a season headlined by attempts to fully assess artists whose work resists the traditional museum retrospective format. Within Germany alone, Shu Lea Cheang, who has...
View ArticleAnonymous Donor Gifts $3.54 M. to Milwaukee Art Museum to Make Admission Free...
The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) will now be free for kids age 12 and under through an anonymous gift of $3.54 million. The gift will enable the museum to establish a endowment that will fund the...
View ArticleSotheby’s Will Auction Stradivarius Violin from New England Conservatory With...
Sotheby’s has been consigned by the New England Conservatory (NEC) to auction the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin with an estimate of $12 million to $15 million. The working instrument was crafted in...
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